Bitcoin jumps to $40,000 after Fed chair Powell rules out bigger rate hikes – CNBC

“Any FOMC guidance that does not include a 0.75 percent interest rate increase would be bullish for both crypto and equities,” said Nick Mancini, director of research at crypto sentiment analytics platform Trade The Chain.

Bitcoin has struggled to find its way back to its all-time high of about $68,000 from November as risk assets have been hit all year by rising inflation, war in Ukraine and tighter Fed policy.

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